Some might think of this as small potatoes but I'm not happy about it.

From the news release:

"Noront claims that Cliffs has made no promise to build its ferrochrome production facilities in Canada,...."

I guess processing the chromium ore in Thunder Bay is not a done deal. The governments of Ontario and Canada should step in to ensure the ore is processed in Canada.

For Voisey Bay, Newfoundland insisted on a smelter in Newfoundland. There was already a smelter at Sudbury.

There is no chromium ore smelter in North America; so a requirement to build one in Canada would be less of a duplication of efforts than Newfoundland's requirement for a smelter in Newfoundland.

The goverments of Canada and Ontario should insist on a chromium smelter in Canada coupled with an announcement that these goverments will help defray the cost of infrastructure (i.e. roads and railroads).